Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.6.12

tasyāgnir āsyaḿ nirbhinnaḿ

loka-pālo 'viśat padam

vācā svāḿśena vaktavyaḿ

yayāsau pratipadyate

SYNONYMS

tasya — His; agniḥ — fire; āsyam — mouth; nirbhinnam — thus separated; loka-pālaḥ — the directors of material affairs; aviśat — entered; padam — respective positions; vācā — by words; sva-aḿśena — by one's own part; vaktavyam — speeches; yayā — by which; asau — they; pratipadyate — express.

TRANSLATION

Agni, or heat, separated from His mouth, and all the directors of material affairs entered into it in their respective positions. By that energy the living entity expresses himself in words.

PURPORT

The mouth of the gigantic universal form of the Lord is the source of the speaking power. The director of the fire element is the controlling deity, or the ādhidaiva. The speeches delivered are ādhyātma, or bodily functions, and the subject matter of the speeches is material productions, or the ādhibhūta principle.

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